Your precious words echo my own Journey, now 80, also a seasoned spiritual healing professional, and also still practicing allowing/trusting other humans into my rawest realms of self-doubt, and shedding the skin of performance art ("I can and must go it alone". I am also graced with Guidance from what we call The Other Side which never fails me--including prodding me to reach out, and get support, and let go of worrying that it makes me appear less capable as a therapist... Hubris or humility? Thank you for a beautiful description of what I call the Sacred Container we create to bear Witness to our selves, as we evolve, transform into a fuller, wiser version of ourSelves.
Dear Marcia ~ how heartening to receive your rich words of reflection, affirmation—and kinship. I love and resonate naturally with your sharing in kind—about Inner Guidance, Sacred Container and Witness and much more in your precious inner world. I find myself astonished how embracing my humanness intertwines with deepening my experience of rootedness in my spiritual center—and suspect and trust that this dance of aliveness will be the course of things all through the end of my lifetime here. As my friend David Whyte, might say, "we are growing younger towards our death."
So grateful we share the privilege of being so awake, always learning—while also being granted the privilege of being able to pass along valuable "sightings" from our journey that often make all the difference to those we are blessed to serve. Rich waves of appreciation flowing from my heart to yours for taking the time and care to reach back my way, dear heart , Gavin
Hi Rainbow ~ I'm grateful my words have landed in a place within you that have meaning and provide you with insight. In this moment, my answer to your question - how did I learn to trust those buried emotions: it's quite clear I was very fortunate to have stumbled upon some incredibly wise and mature and skillful teachers in my mid-20's that introduced me to a context for viewing reality that assisted me in maturing my experience of myself both spiritually and psychologically. And then, I have been granted the additional gift of teaching others about these inner levels of awareness and facilitation all my life. I've simply been imminently and voraciously curious about the subtleties and orchestration of multi-dimensional consciousness since I was a young boy - and more so each and every year I am alive.
I'm curious: did you happen to read my 1st Substack post about 2 weeks ago? I address my path of evolution in some rich way - and it also speaks to your curiosity/question of me. If you haven't, I think you would enjoy it.
Blessings to you discovering and honoring your inner experiences with more subtlety, more choices—and more fulfillment, Rainbow.
Your precious words echo my own Journey, now 80, also a seasoned spiritual healing professional, and also still practicing allowing/trusting other humans into my rawest realms of self-doubt, and shedding the skin of performance art ("I can and must go it alone". I am also graced with Guidance from what we call The Other Side which never fails me--including prodding me to reach out, and get support, and let go of worrying that it makes me appear less capable as a therapist... Hubris or humility? Thank you for a beautiful description of what I call the Sacred Container we create to bear Witness to our selves, as we evolve, transform into a fuller, wiser version of ourSelves.
Dear Marcia ~ how heartening to receive your rich words of reflection, affirmation—and kinship. I love and resonate naturally with your sharing in kind—about Inner Guidance, Sacred Container and Witness and much more in your precious inner world. I find myself astonished how embracing my humanness intertwines with deepening my experience of rootedness in my spiritual center—and suspect and trust that this dance of aliveness will be the course of things all through the end of my lifetime here. As my friend David Whyte, might say, "we are growing younger towards our death."
So grateful we share the privilege of being so awake, always learning—while also being granted the privilege of being able to pass along valuable "sightings" from our journey that often make all the difference to those we are blessed to serve. Rich waves of appreciation flowing from my heart to yours for taking the time and care to reach back my way, dear heart , Gavin
Thanks for writing this, it clarifies so much. How did you learn to trust those buried emotions? Your insight here is truly apreciated.
Hi Rainbow ~ I'm grateful my words have landed in a place within you that have meaning and provide you with insight. In this moment, my answer to your question - how did I learn to trust those buried emotions: it's quite clear I was very fortunate to have stumbled upon some incredibly wise and mature and skillful teachers in my mid-20's that introduced me to a context for viewing reality that assisted me in maturing my experience of myself both spiritually and psychologically. And then, I have been granted the additional gift of teaching others about these inner levels of awareness and facilitation all my life. I've simply been imminently and voraciously curious about the subtleties and orchestration of multi-dimensional consciousness since I was a young boy - and more so each and every year I am alive.
I'm curious: did you happen to read my 1st Substack post about 2 weeks ago? I address my path of evolution in some rich way - and it also speaks to your curiosity/question of me. If you haven't, I think you would enjoy it.
Blessings to you discovering and honoring your inner experiences with more subtlety, more choices—and more fulfillment, Rainbow.
Take great care, Gavin